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The Daily Mail reports research published, in the journal Stroke, suggests that citizens who are constantly switching between multiple languages have an improved ability to adapt to damage from stroke or dementia.

Co-author Thomas Bak, of the University of Edinburgh, said: ‘Bilingualism makes people switch from one language to another, so while they inhibit one language, they have to activate another to communicate.’

According to the Telegraph, the annual study of media attitudes by communications watchdog, Ofcom, almost one in 10 children believe information on social media is ‘all true’, and most are unaware video bloggers are paid to promote or endorse products.

These groups lack the ‘online nous’ to discern whether information is true or impartial, according to the regulator, and are unaware of the ways advertising is used to fund many internet businesses.